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Ruy Freire de Andrade, 17th-century Portuguese naval commander and colonist, throws into a boiling cauldron the new-born baby of a family native to the Persian gulf islands.

Tags: Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Officials, Persia / Iran, Persian gulf, Portuguese, Ruy Freire de Andrade, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Torture, Women

Pearl fishing outside Bahrein at the Persian gulf.

Tags: Bahrein, Baskets, Boats and ships, Commerce, Fishing, Human types, Pearls, Persian gulf, Social sphere and everyday life

Rock-cut Persian mausoleum at Çehel-minar near Şiraz, southwestern Iran.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Çehel-minar, Ethnic groups, French, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian architecture, Persian monuments, Persians, Religious practices, Shiraz (Şiraz)

Title page of the fourth volume of the edition.

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